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Geoffrey Bret Harte letter to R.L. Giffen.
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Geoffrey Bret Harte letter to R.L. GiffenCreator/Contributor:
Bret Harte, Geoffrey, creator, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Powers, William T., correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Kilroe, Edwin P., correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Giffen, R. L. (Robert Lawrence), 1873?-1946, correspondent.Abstract:
Typescript letter from Geoffrey Bret Hart, Bret Harte's grandson, responding to a copy of a letter forwarded to him by an
attorney in New York City, R.L. Giffen, concerning copyright and inheritance issues of a Bret Harte story, "Salomy Jane's
Kiss." In the letter, Harte responds to 11 numbered questions posed in the forwarded letter, dated March 24, 1931, from attorney
Edwin P. Kilroe to William T. Powers, attorney for Paramount Publix Corporation. Among the questions answered by Harte are
confirmation of Bret Harte's full legal name, how many surviving children there are, relationships to other named persons,
and other questions regarding copyright issues, contracts, and actions taken. Harte then goes on to make other observations
concerning the Bret Harte estate. The letter is signed with the autograph, "G. Bret Harte." The orignial enclosed copy of
the Kilroe letter to Powers is unsigned.
Date:
1931 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Copyright -- United States
Intellectual property -- United States
Inheritance and succession -- United States
Propriété intellectuelle -- États-Unis
Successions et héritages -- États-Unis
Copyright
Inheritance and succession
Intellectual property
United States
Paramount Publix Corporation.
Paramount Publix Corporation.
Bret Harte, Geoffrey -- Correspondence
Kilroe, Edwin P -- Correspondence
Giffen, R. L. (Robert Lawrence) -- 1873?-1946 -- Correspondence
Harte, Bret -- 1836-1902
Kilroe, Edwin P
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Geoffrey Bret Harte (born February 27, 1895 in Weybridge, England ; died June 19, 1956) was the grandson of author Bret Harte.
Geoffrey Bret Harte letter to R.L. Giffen, BANC MSS 2018/73, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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Personal correspondence.Physical Description:
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Language:
English